by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Ich hab' in deinem Auge den Strahl
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich hab' in deinem Auge den Strahl Der ewigen Liebe [gesehen]1, Ich sah auf deinen Wangen einmal Die Rosen des Himmels [stehen]2. Und wie der Strahl im Aug' erlischt, Und wie die Rosen zerstieben, Ihr Abglanz, ewig neu erfrischt, Ist mir im Herzen geblieben. Und niemals werd' ich die [Wange]3 sehn Und nie in's Auge dir blicken, So werden sie mir in Rosen stehn Und [es]4 den Strahl mir schicken.
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: in Clara Schumann's song, the last word in stanza 1, line 4 changes from "stehen" to "stehn" but the last word in stanza 1, line 2 is not changed from "gesehen" to "gesehn".
1 Franz: "geseh'n"2 Franz: "steh'n"; C. Schumann: "stehn"
3 C. Schumann: "Wangen"
4 Franz: "das Auge"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 67 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Ich hab' in deinem Auge", op. 5 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 6, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Ich hab' in deinem Auge", op. 12 no. 2, published 1855 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder aus dem Liebesfrühling, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Ich hab' in deinem Auge", op. 13 no. 5, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En els teus ulls ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ik zag ooit in jouw ogen", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (David Kenneth Smith) , "I once into your eyes looked", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In your eyes I have seen", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans tes yeux je vois", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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